My Lords, I want to get on to the digital verification service. First, I declare that I am very interested in digital twins; there are huge advantages in modelling—for instance, the underground and all the various things that can choke traffic. I went to a very interesting event at Connected...

My Lords, I want to get on to the digital verification service. First, I declare that I am very interested in digital twins; there are huge advantages in modelling—for instance, the underground and all the various things that can choke traffic. I went to a very interesting event at Connected...

My Lords, data is the DNA of modern life. It is integral to almost every aspect of our society and economy, from NHS treatments and bank transactions to social interactions. An estimated 85% of UK businesses handle some form of digital data, and the UK data economy was estimated to...

My Lords, data is the DNA of modern life. It is integral to almost every aspect of our society and economy, from NHS treatments and bank transactions to social interactions. An estimated 85% of UK businesses handle some form of digital data, and the UK data economy was estimated to...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I am especially grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for her engagement so far with me and my noble friend Lord Camrose, which has been truly helpful with this technically complex Bill. I thank in...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I am especially grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for her engagement so far with me and my noble friend Lord Camrose, which has been truly helpful with this technically complex Bill. I thank in...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, particularly in chairing the board of Century-Tech, an AI edtech company— I will have to talk to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, about that. I am a director of Educate Ventures Research, which is also an AI-in-education business, and Goodnotes, an...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, particularly in chairing the board of Century-Tech, an AI edtech company— I will have to talk to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, about that. I am a director of Educate Ventures Research, which is also an AI-in-education business, and Goodnotes, an...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill, but there is one matter we should have at the forefront of our minds as we work through it: that it must be implemented and carried through by SMEs and individuals. Regrettably—and I say this as a lawyer—lawyers have become far too expensive....

My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill, but there is one matter we should have at the forefront of our minds as we work through it: that it must be implemented and carried through by SMEs and individuals. Regrettably—and I say this as a lawyer—lawyers have become far too expensive....

My Lords, it is always rather daunting following the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas. I think the safest thing to say, which has the added benefit of being true, is that I agreed with him.

I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular that I am...

My Lords, it is always rather daunting following the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas. I think the safest thing to say, which has the added benefit of being true, is that I agreed with him.

I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular that I am...

My Lords, it is a feature of your Lordships’ House that certain topics and Bills within them tend to attract a small and very intense group of persons, who get together to talk a language that is not generally understood by the rest of the world—certainly not by the rest...

My Lords, it is a feature of your Lordships’ House that certain topics and Bills within them tend to attract a small and very intense group of persons, who get together to talk a language that is not generally understood by the rest of the world—certainly not by the rest...

My Lords, like others, I think I am experiencing the same sense of déjà vu that has been referred to. As others said, one of the more welcome aspects of this Bill is that it is not the same as its predecessor, which was introduced by the previous Government and...

My Lords, like others, I think I am experiencing the same sense of déjà vu that has been referred to. As others said, one of the more welcome aspects of this Bill is that it is not the same as its predecessor, which was introduced by the previous Government and...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. I agree with him completely that this is a better Bill. It is a real tribute to the Minister, and I thank her for how she introduced it.

I start with some good news. This Bill plugs a...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. I agree with him completely that this is a better Bill. It is a real tribute to the Minister, and I thank her for how she introduced it.

I start with some good news. This Bill plugs a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate. I thank the Minister for the way she introduced the Bill. I declare my interests as set out in the register, particularly those in technology and financial services: as an adviser to Ecospend, an open banking...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate. I thank the Minister for the way she introduced the Bill. I declare my interests as set out in the register, particularly those in technology and financial services: as an adviser to Ecospend, an open banking...

I welcome the Bill and thank my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch for her clear introduction. It represents a significant improvement on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that we had such fun discussing last year under the previous Government. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for...

I welcome the Bill and thank my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch for her clear introduction. It represents a significant improvement on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that we had such fun discussing last year under the previous Government. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and what he had to say on health data, much of which I agree entirely with. The public demand that we get this right and we really must endeavour to do all we can to reassure...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and what he had to say on health data, much of which I agree entirely with. The public demand that we get this right and we really must endeavour to do all we can to reassure...

My Lords, I declare an interest in that, through the Good Schools Guide, I am an extensive user of government schools data. With another hat on, I share my noble friend Lord Markham’s worries about how this affects little organisations with a bit of membership data.

I very much look forward...

My Lords, I declare an interest in that, through the Good Schools Guide, I am an extensive user of government schools data. With another hat on, I share my noble friend Lord Markham’s worries about how this affects little organisations with a bit of membership data.

I very much look forward...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for injecting a bit of reality into this discussion. I declare my interest as a governor of Coram. I thank the noble Lord very much for his comments about the Cross Benches. Perhaps if we let HOLAC choose the Cross Benches...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for injecting a bit of reality into this discussion. I declare my interest as a governor of Coram. I thank the noble Lord very much for his comments about the Cross Benches. Perhaps if we let HOLAC choose the Cross Benches...

My Lords, I draw attention to my AI interests in the register. I thank the Minister for her upbeat introduction to the Bill and all her engagement to date on its contents. It has been a real pleasure listening to so many expert speeches this

afternoon. The noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I draw attention to my AI interests in the register. I thank the Minister for her upbeat introduction to the Bill and all her engagement to date on its contents. It has been a real pleasure listening to so many expert speeches this

afternoon. The noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, let me start by repeating the thanks others have offered to the Minister for her ongoing engagement and openness, and to the Bill team for their—I hope ongoing—helpfulness.

Accessing and using data safely is a deeply technical legislative subject. It is, perhaps mysteriously, of interest to few but important...

My Lords, let me start by repeating the thanks others have offered to the Minister for her ongoing engagement and openness, and to the Bill team for their—I hope ongoing—helpfulness.

Accessing and using data safely is a deeply technical legislative subject. It is, perhaps mysteriously, of interest to few but important...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what has genuinely been a fascinating, very insightful debate. Even though I was part, I think, of my noble friend Lord Stevenson’s gang that has been working on this for some time, one learns new things, and I have learned new things...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what has genuinely been a fascinating, very insightful debate. Even though I was part, I think, of my noble friend Lord Stevenson’s gang that has been working on this for some time, one learns new things, and I have learned new things...

I am sorry to interrupt what is a very fluent and comprehensive response. I do not want to break the thread, but can I press the Minister a little bit on those companies whose information which is their intellectual property is scraped? How will that be resolved? I did not...

I am sorry to interrupt what is a very fluent and comprehensive response. I do not want to break the thread, but can I press the Minister a little bit on those companies whose information which is their intellectual property is scraped? How will that be resolved? I did not...

I was going to come on to some of those issues. Noble Lords talked about AI in the creative industries, which I think my noble friend is particularly concerned about. The Government are working hard on this and are developing an effective approach that meets the needs of the UK....

I was going to come on to some of those issues. Noble Lords talked about AI in the creative industries, which I think my noble friend is particularly concerned about. The Government are working hard on this and are developing an effective approach that meets the needs of the UK....

With respect, it is the narrow question that a number of us have raised. Training the new AI systems is entirely dependent on them being fed vast amounts of material which they can absorb, process and reshape in order to answer questions that are asked of them. That information is...

With respect, it is the narrow question that a number of us have raised. Training the new AI systems is entirely dependent on them being fed vast amounts of material which they can absorb, process and reshape in order to answer questions that are asked of them. That information is...